Altavista
Zoning districts
4 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
2General provisions
218 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
The maximum height of a fence shall not exceed seven feet in the side and rear yard. On any lot, fences located in front of the building line shall not exceed 42 inches in height. No solid/privacy or chain link or other wire type fencing shall be permitted in the front yard.
Temporary mobile storage containers designed for site delivery and pickup may be placed and used on any residentially or commercially zoned property for a period not to exceed 45 days per calendar year.
Temporary mobile storage containers designed for site delivery and pickup may be placed and used on any residentially or commercially zoned property for a period not to exceed 45 days per calendar year. Commercial and industrial use types may use shipping containers for storage provided that... such containers shall not be allowed for more than 90 consecutive days in any one-year period.
Recreational vehicles may not be parked in the area between the front wall of the main structure and the street passing the lot except in a driveway provided they are located not less than 15 feet from the edge of the pavement of the street passing the lot.
Recreational vehicles shall not be used for habitation purposes in any zoning district and shall not be connected to any private or public utilities for onsite consumption. Recreational vehicles may not be parked in the area between the front wall of the main structure and the street passing the lot except in a driveway provided they are located not less than 15 feet from the edge of the pavement of the street passing the lot.
A site plan shall be required and shall be submitted to the town for each of the following: All new development in every zoning district except for single-family and duplex dwellings.
It shall be a violation of this zoning ordinance for any person to construct or structurally alter any building or structure or to develop or modify land for which a site plan is required, except in accordance with an approved final site plan.
The height of a sign shall be measured from the higher of the base of the sign, or the grade of the street to which the sign is oriented, to the top of the structure.
Three signs maximum per site. One hundred square feet maximum per sign. Two hundred square feet maximum aggregate. No sign shall exceed 20 feet in height.
In the R-MHP District: Illumination external, light source shielded. Maximum size: 2 sq ft attached, 24 sq ft institutional, 3 sq ft street ID, 40 sq ft temporary banners. Maximum height 8 feet.
A tower and associated telecommunications facilities shall be a permitted use of land with a special use permit issued by the town council pursuant to the provisions of section 86-7 only in the following areas in the town: (1) The M (industrial) zoning district.
All land, regardless of the zoning district in which it lies, lying in a corridor 200 feet in width contiguous with the right-of-way of U.S. Route 29 By-Pass such 200-foot wide corridor being bounded on the south by the northern right-of-way of Lynch Mill Road (State Route 714) and on the north by the northern corporate limits of the town.
Land owned by the town adjacent to the water tank on Melinda Drive. (Collocation on existing towers only.)
Land owned by any local governing body and the antennae support structure owned and used by the local governing body regardless of the zoning district.
Except as provided in subsection (b)(2) of this section, antenna support structures or towers employing stealth techniques to camouflage the same so that the presence of telecommunications facilities are not apparent to common observation shall be a permitted use with a special use permit in any zoning district as a telecommunications facility
New towers shall not exceed a maximum height of 100 feet in any district unless the town council approves a special use permit authorizing a maximum height in excess of such limits.
All specifically designated permitted uses as set forth in this chapter shall require, in addition to all other required permits, a special use permit.
Any lot or lots of record, in any district, at the time of enactment or amendment of this article which is less in area, or width or both than the minimum required by this article may be used for a permitted use in that district, provided that setback, side yard and requirements other than those applying to area and/or width of the lot shall conform to the regulations for the district in which such lot is located.
a nonconforming building that is destroyed or damaged by any casualty to an extent not exceeding 50 percent of its current fair market value according to the records of the county treasurer, exclusive of foundations, may be restored within two years after such destruction or damage but shall not be enlarged except as provided in this section.
After obtaining a special use permit pursuant to section 86-7, a nonconforming use may be enlarged or increased or extended to occupy a cumulative area not exceeding 25 percent of the area that was occupied at the time of enactment of the ordinance from which this section is derived.
Source documents
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